The county commander received the news that there was a messenger coming, but he didn't know that this messenger was Wu Dalang.

If he knew that this Qin Cha was Wu Dalang, he should not be so surprised, after all, he had also heard some of Wu Dalang's deeds, and he was a rare good official.

Besides, where would he have thought that Wu Dalang, a big official, would come to this poor country if he was not in Kyoto.

The county magistrate has always felt that this Qin Cha is a traitor who came to loot the people's fat and ointment.

Therefore, Wu Dalang's words just now also shocked him, and he immediately realized that this might be a good official.

It's not easy to meet a good official these days.

Since he is a good official, he should be treated well.

So after the county order was stunned for a while, he immediately became happy.

"Little Liuzi, quickly take Lord Qincha's subordinates to rest." After the county order finished the order, he made a gesture of invitation to Wu Dalang: "Lord Qincha, please come here." ”

Wu Dalang's attitude towards the sudden change of the county order was a little inexplicable, and he didn't expect that just because of his words, he would get the favor of the county order.

The county commander led Wu Dalang to a restaurant, which is probably the only restaurant in the county.

Because Wu Dalang walked along the way, he found that many shops next to him were closed.

Wu Dalang walked into the restaurant and found that there were no customers in the restaurant, only a thin shopkeeper and an equally thin Xiao Er, the shopkeeper was old, it looked like there should be about fifty, although Xiao Er was young, but he looked a little skinny.

The county magistrate walked in and said loudly: "Lao He, this is Lord Qincha, quickly get some good wine and good food." ”

Lao He was stunned for a moment, there would still be such a thing as Qincha coming to suffer in their broken place??

However, Lao He saw that Wu Dalang looked white, and at first glance, his temperament was the kind of person from a big place, and he was convinced of the words of the county order, and immediately walked to the back kitchen.

Wu Dalang watched Lao He enter the kitchen, and then there was a sound of stir-frying in the kitchen, and Wu Dalang knew that this shopkeeper was also a part-time cook.

Even the shopkeeper is a chef.,I'm afraid this little two didn't recruit it.,Maybe it's Lao He's son.。。

The county commander found a clean place, wiped it with his sleeve again, and then said to Wu Dalang, "Lord Qincha, please take a seat." ”

Wu Dalang sat down, and then looked at the restaurant carefully, it was quite clean, and it should be cleaned up frequently, but some tables and chairs were damaged, but they were not replaced or repaired.

Maybe it's because there's no money, or maybe it's not necessary to repair it, after all, the restaurant doesn't seem to have any customers.

After Wu Dalang looked at the restaurant, he looked at the county order and found that the county order was standing next to him and did not sit down.

"Why don't you sit? Sit down first, I have something to ask you. Wu Dalang said to the county order beside him.

The county commander sat down resignedly, but the place where he sat was another table, obviously, he didn't dare to sit with Wu Dalang.

Wu Dalang was a little helpless, but for the time being, he could only do this first, and then turned around a little and chatted with the county magistrate next to him.

"Can you introduce yourself first?"

"My name is Sun Zhendong, I was a jinshi five years ago, and I have been here as a county magistrate for five years." Sun Zhendong briefly introduced.

Sun Zhendong's words were very simple, but he was impressed in Wu Dalang's ears, in such a poor place, Sun Zhendong could persist here for five years as always, and he couldn't do it without a little perseverance.

"I'm Wu Dalang, we may get along for a long time in the future, so don't call me Lord Qincha, just call me Lord Wu."

Wu Dalang also said his name, to be honest, he didn't like the title of Lord Qincha, Lord Wu would make him feel more cordial.

Wu Dalang!!

Sun Zhendong was shocked, he never thought that the young man sitting in front of him was the famous Wu Dalang.

He also learned about Wu Dalang's deeds from the mouth of a merchant who was going north to do business, and happened to spend the night here, and then told him about the changes in Kyoto and the great man Wu Dalang who changed Kyoto.

Since that time, Sun Zhendong has always taken Wu Dalang as an example, fantasizing that one day he can meet the object of his admiration, but he didn't expect to really see Wu Dalang.

Wu Dalang looked at Sun Zhendong's shocked appearance and knew that he should have heard of his deeds.

Wu Dalang took out a document from his arms: "After all, there is no basis for what I say, it is difficult to guarantee that I am not a liar, in order to confirm my identity, you can take a look at my appointment documents." ”

Sun Zhendong looked at the content on the document and knew that this was indeed Wu Dalang.

"Master Wu..." Sun Zhendong suddenly choked up, some tears welled up in his eyes, and all the grievances in the past five years burst out at this moment.

"You've worked hard for the past five years. Now that I'm here, I'm going to help you change all that and make your life better. Wu Dalang comforted.

Being able to stay in this place for five years, Sun Zhendong's heart is also extremely strong, and he is free from sadness at once.

"Master Wu, on behalf of all the villagers in Jinghai County, I thank you." Sun Zhendong said and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Wu Dalang hurriedly reached out and helped him up.

"Tell me about the situation here, shall we? I'll see where to start. ”

"Five years ago, when I first came to this place, it was a little better, at least it wasn't so desolate. However, due to the proximity of our side to the Liao State, the Liao soldiers will come to harass us from time to time. ”

"At that time, we also had soldiers on our side, and the Liao soldiers were not too presumptuous, but occasionally came to shop to see if they could get some cheap."

"And just in the last few months, a peasant uprising broke out not far away, and the soldiers here were transferred to help, and then the Liao soldiers began to take advantage of the situation. Took away a lot of our stuff. ”

"I also sent someone to ask for help, but I haven't heard from me. Later, after the Liao soldiers tasted the sweetness, they began to come over every once in a while, and found that no one cared about them at all, so they began to intensify. ”

The people in the county couldn't stand the intrusion of the Liao soldiers, so they were forced to leave their hometowns. Since then, the county has become more and more depressed. ”

"I've written a lot of letters for help, but they haven't been found, I guess those adults also know that there is no need to save this place, after all, it is sparsely populated, and they are just some old, weak, sick and disabled."

"The people who are still here are people who don't want to leave their hometowns, and even if they die, they will return to their roots."

"But the Liao soldiers only robbed things, and did not harm our lives, I know that they are just using us as livestock, once one day, when we can't produce food for them, it is estimated that it will be our death."

Sun Zhendong sighed leisurely at the end, and a sense of powerlessness made him disheartened.

(End of chapter)